Slow to execute and adapt/No accountability - Sales Leadership Criteo Employee Review

2.0
30 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very supportive business over the pandemic and shared general care for employee well being

Cons

Where to begin? There is an overwhelming sense of arrogance with internal leaders that Criteo knows best and has been slow or even unwilling to adapt quick enough to the competitive/market dynamics. There is also a significant lack of accountability across teams that creates a frustrating internal and external experience when troubleshooting for clients is needed. Rewarding mediocrity is also the norm which causes further frustration . Very limited senior support for large and meaningful new business engagement (no top to top engagement to acquire large scale clients). After losing a number of deals there appears to be a slight wake up on this point though. Some leaders do not have a strong understanding of the needs of a global business and approach clients with antiquated and non scalable methods that are leaving clients unhappy. There has been high attrition over the past few months which will continue as there has been no desire to address the causes. Some junior people are moving into senior roles quickly on account of this and management has a tendency to nickel and dime on promotions from a salary perspective.

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Criteo Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to sit and share your open feedback.​ First, we are sorry to hear that you didn't feel supported in reaching your goals. 2021 was a special year to us as we announced our plan to become the world-leading Commerce Media Platform, making sure that we are tailoring our product offer to best address our clients' needs. ​ We always strive to create the environment where our employees can flourish. This bottom-up approach has led to major initiatives such as the voyager program, the flexible work approach, Managers Behaviors... thank you for your review that will contribute to making us will serve us to improve. ​ We wish you the best in your new experience.​

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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